臨安，王以書遺妃，曰「陌上花開，可緩緩歸矣」。吳人用其語為歌，
When the King of Wuyue surrendered to the Emperor of Song, he wrote a note to his wife, saying, 'As flowers blossom by the pathway, now you may go home slowly.' Ballad singers made a doleful melody for this note,
含思宛轉，聽之淒然。而其詞鄙野，為易之云：
which touched me to the heart.
But the wording was indelicate, so I improved it.
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陌上花開蝴蝶飛，
Butterflies dance amid flowers by the pathway.